Tag: fake accounts
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Cheap Bots for Sale: Cambridge Study Reveals SMS Verification Bypassed for Just 8 Cents
One of the key defensive barriers against the creation of fake online accounts has proven alarmingly fragile—capable of being bypassed for just a few cents. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have found that SMS-based identity verification, widely used by social networks and other online services, can be circumvented at scale through the use of…
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LinkedIn Sues ProAPIs Over Massive Data Scraping Operation
LinkedIn has once again found itself confronting large-scale attempts to harvest user data — this time, the company has filed a lawsuit against ProAPIs, accusing it of orchestrating an extensive network of fake accounts and engaging in the unauthorized resale of scraped information. According to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the…